ASKQANCE 2012 – Day 1 Results
It’s that time of the year again, when quizzers from across India descend upon the IAT Hall on Queen’s Road for KQA’s anniversary festival of quizzing, ASKQANCE.
MEGA-WHATS SEMI-FINAL 1
QMs: Arul Mani and Kiran Vijaykumar.
We kicked off the quizzing with the first semi-final of the Mega-Whats Face Off with 8 teams from Coimbatore, Chennai, Bangalore, Kolkata, and Goa fighting for the 4 places in the finals. Here are the final scores:
- Insignificant Others – 290 points.
- QED – 275 points.
- Hammer and Tongs – 235 points.
- Feni Vidi Vici Bitchy – 200 points.
- Swami and Friends – 190 points.
- Questionable Characters – 135 points.
- Insert Uncool Name here – 105 points.
- Tiruppur Tughlaqs – 85 points.
HOARSE LATITUDES – The Travel Quiz
QMs: Dibyendu Das, Mitesh Agarwal & Rajath Krishna
The prelims for the travel quiz was closely fought and 9 teams qualified for the finals with the difference between the 1st team and the 9th being just 4 points.
The finals also went on to be in a similar vein, with Hammer and Tongs, the team from Kolkata winning by a narrow margin and the difference between the 2nd, 3rd and 4th teams being just a point or two.
- Hammer and Tongs – 269 points.
- Excess Baggage (the travel quiz avatar of MetaQuizziks) – 255.5 points.
- We Are Like This Wonly – 254 points.
- QED – 251 points.
- Delhi Sucks – 175 points.
- Feni, Vidi, Vici, Bitchy – 172 points.
- Tough Luck – 132 points.
- Insert Cool Name Here – 113 points.
- Pass the Ketchup – 71 points.
ASKQANCE 2012
KQA celebrates the anniversary of its founding in June every year with a festival of quizzing titled ASKQANCE.
It has been called ‘The Woodstock of Quizzing’, and various other names, but we’d much rather let the quizzes and the quality of the participation they attract speak for themselves.
WHEN
We have three days of quizzing lined up–Friday 29th June, Saturday 30th June and Sunday 1 July 2012.
WHERE
The Institution of Agricultural Technologists, off Queen’s Road, Bangalore
Narahari Hall (I Floor) on 29th June
Arakere Hall (Ground Floor) on 30 June and 1 July.
THE QUIZZES
DAY I
29 June 2012
Event I
Mega-Whats Face-Off Semi-Final I
1615hrs-1745hrs
Event II
HOARSE LATITUDES
The Travel Quiz
Presented by
Rajath Krishna, Mitesh Agarwal and Dibyendu Das
RULES
Entry Fee: Rs. 100/- per
Open to all
Teams of 4 members
Prelims
1745hrs-1845hrs
Finals
1900hrs-2030hrs
Prizes
for teams finishing I, II and III
plus consolation prizes for all finalists
and Audience Prizes.
DAY II
30 June 2012
Event I
Mega-Whats Face-Off Semi-Final II
0915hrs-1045hrs
Event II
BY HOOKE OR BY CROOKES
The Science Quiz
Presented by
Rajagopal PS, Vivek Kartikeyan and Ochintya Sharma
RULES
Entry Fee: Rs. 100/- per
Open to all
Teams of 4 members
Prelims
1100hrs-1200hrs
Finals
1215hrs-1345hrs
Prizes
for teams finishing I, II and III
plus consolation prizes for all finalists
and Audience Prizes.
EVENT III
KIBITZ SIMPLE
The Sports & Leisure Quiz
Presented by
Thejaswi Udupa and Venkatesh Srinivasan aka ‘Landmark Venky’.
RULES
Entry Fee: Rs. 100/- per
Open to all
Teams of 4 members
Prelims
1415hrs-1515hrs
Finals
1530hrs-1700hrs
Prizes
for teams finishing I, II and III
plus consolation prizes for all finalists
and Audience Prizes.
TEA
1645-1730hrs
EVENT IV
Mega-Whats Face-Off Finals
Presented by
Kiran Vijayakumar and Arul Mani.
The winners will take home the KQA Founders’ Trophy and the right to call themselves the National Champions of Indian Quizzing.
Time
1730hrs-1930hrs
DAY III
1 July 2012
SON OF LUMIERE
The Annual Film Quiz
Presented by
Anustup Datta and Arun Hiregange
RULES
Entry Fee: Rs. 100/- per
Open to all
Teams of 4 members
Prelims
1000hrs-1100hrs
Finals
1115hrs-1315hrs
Prizes
for teams finishing I, II and III
plus consolation prizes for all finalists
and Audience Prizes.
SESAME
The Open Quiz
Presented by Arul Mani
RULES
Entry Fee: Rs. 100/- per
Open to all
Teams of 4 members
Prelims
1415hrs-1515hrs
The MahaQuizzer Award Ceremony
1515hrs-1530hrs
The Wing Commander G.R. Mulky Memorial Trophy for Quizzing Excellence will be presented by Mrs. Vidya Mulky and Mr. Anand Mulky
to
Ms. Jayashree Jayakar Mohanka (Kolkata)
the winner of MahaQuizzer 2012.
Finals
1530hrs-1700hrs
Prizes
for teams finishing I, II and III
plus consolation prizes for all finalists
and Audience Prizes.
Please put everything aside during that weekend to join us in celebrating quizzing, Bangalore-style.
Bizkashi, Non-Fiction, AJM Quizzes – Results
The results of three open quizzes held on Sunday 13 May 2012 at the Institution of Agricultural Technologists, Queen’s Road, Bangalore.
EVENT I: BIZKASHI, KQA’s Annual Business Quiz
QM: Arul Mani
1. Tups & Udupa / Sreekanth & Jayakanthan – tied on 160
3. Santosh & Adi – 140
4. Ashwan & Kivi – 115
5. Keshav Athreya & Govind Paliath – 95
6. Alagarsamy & Vinod – 85
7. Yaggy & Mitesh – 70
8. Karthik & Dhammo / Venky & Raju – tied on 40
EVENT II: The Non-Fiction Quiz
QM: Arul Mani
1. Alagarsamy & Jayakanthan – 27
2. Anustup Datta & Thejaswi Udupa – 23
3. Raju & Manish – 22
4. Manu Sudhakar & Anil Raghavan – 21
5. Doc Krishnan & Sandip – 16
6. Karthik & Dhammo – 14
7. CIDs From Kerala – 14
8. DD & Sumeer – 13.5
EVENT III: The Second AJM Open House
QM: Abhishek Upadhya
Team 13 won
Team 10 placed second
Wing Commander G.R. Mulky Memorial Open Quiz
Canara Union will host the seventh edition of the Wing Commander G.R. Mulky Memorial Open Quiz in partnership with KQA on Sunday 29 April 2012 at the club premises on 8th Main Road, Malleswaram,
This quiz is held in memory of Wing Commander G.R. Mulky, who founded KQA in 1983.
QMs: Dibyendu Das and Vinay Das
Schedule
Registration: 1000hrs
Prelims: 1030hrs
Finals: 1145-1345hrs
Rules
Open to all
Teams of four members
Entry free for School students (up to Std. X)
Entry Fee: Rs. 100/- per team.
Prizes for all finalists
Quizzes on Sunday 13 May 2012
We will hold three open quizzes on Sunday 13 May 2012 at the Institution of Agricultural Technologists, Queen’s Road, Bangalore.
EVENT I
BIZKASHI
KQA’s Annual Business Quiz
QM: Arul Mani
Schedule
Prelims: 1115hrs-1200hrs
Finals: 1230hrs-1345hrs
Prizes: Rs. 3000/-, Rs. 2000/- and Rs. 1500/-
Teams of two members
Open to all
Entry: Rs. 100/- per team
EVENT II
The Non-Fiction Quiz
Written Quiz
50 Questions off a printed sheet
1430hrs-1530hrs
Teams of two members
Entry: Rs. 100/- per team
Prizes: Rs. 2000/-, Rs. 1500/- and Rs. 1000/-
EVENT III
The Second AJM Open House
WTF is that? Come and find out.
1600-1800hrs.
Teams of two members to start with
Entry: Rs. 100/- per team
High Tea at 6 pm, organised by Santosh Swaminathan
Other KQA events
MahaQuizzer: Sunday 27 May
ASKQANCE, KQA’s 29th Anniversary Festival of Quizzing: Friday 29 June, Saturday 30 June and Sunday 1 July 2012, at IAT.
Pop ki Kamai, CP Venkatesh Memorial History of Ideas Quiz, Tech That! – Results
The results of three open quizzes on Sunday 15 April 2012 held at The Institution of Agricultural Technologists, Queen’s Road, Bangalore.
EVENT I: Pop ki Kamai – The Paap Culture Quiz
QM: Sai Ganesh
- Alagarsamy & Jayakanthan R – 95
- Navin Rajaram & Ashwan Lewis – 85
- Santosh Swaminathan – 60
- Vinod R & Sandeep Mathias – 35
- Anustup D & Thejaswi Udupa – 27.5
- Lakshana K & Asawari Ghatge – 27.5
- Suresh Ramasubramanian & team – 25
- Ajay Parasuraman & team – 25
- Sudarshan & Manish – 5
EVENT II: The C. P. Venkatesh Memorial History of Ideas quiz
QM: Dr. Arul Mani
- Alagarsamy & Jayakanthan R – 32
- Thejaswi Udupa & Anustup D – 31
- Santosh Swaminathan & Manish A – 29
- Ajay Kasargod & Dr. Krishnan – 24
- Navin Rajaram & Suresh Ramasubramanian – 20
- CIDs from Kerala – 20
- Deviprasad & Rajagopal P – 19
- Questionable Characters – 16
EVENT III: Tech That! – The Inaugural Tech Quiz
QM: Thejaswi Udupa
- Ajay Kasargod & Jayakanthan R – 85
- Venkatesh S & Ashwan Lewis – 65 (+2)
- Santosh Swaminathan & Manish A – 65 (+1)
- Praveen VR & Anustup D – 45
- Rajat U & team – 15
- Arvind V & team – 15
- Deviprasad & Rajagopal P – 15
- Aditya & team – 10
Quizzes on Sunday 15 April 2012
We will host three Open quizzes on Sunday, 15 April 2012, at The Institution of Agricultural Technologists, Queen’s Road, Bangalore.
EVENT I
Pop Ka Kamai
The Paap Culture Quiz
QM: Sai Ganesh
Teams of two
Entry Fee: Rs. 50/-
Open to all
Prelims: 1115-1200hrs
Finals: 1230hrs-1400hrs
Prizes for top three teams
EVENT II
The Dr. CP Venkatesh Memorial History of Ideas Quiz
Rules
Teams of two
Written Quiz, off a printed sheet
50 questions in 45 minutes
Open to all
Entry Fee: Rs. 50/-
Prizes for top three teams
1430hrs-1515hrs
QM: Arul Mani
EVENT III
Tech That!
The Inaugural Technology Quiz
QM: Thejaswi Udupa
Rules
Teams of two
Open to all
Entry Fee: Rs. 50/-
Prelims: 1530hrs-1630hrs
Finals: 1700hrs-1830hrs
Prizes for top three teams
We hope to hold BizKashi, The Non-Fiction Quiz and the MQ Anniversary Quiz for unseeded teams in May.
IMPORTANT
MahaQuizzer 2012 will be held all over India on Sunday, 27 May. Please register in advance–this will allow us to make adequate arrangements for seating participants and for printing enough copies.
History, Yell Iruve, March Open Quizzes – Results
The results of three open quizzes held on Saturday, 24 March 2012, at the Institution of Agricultural Technologists, off Queen’s Road, Bangalore.
Seek Under Porus: The Annual History Quiz
QMs: Manjith and Praveen V.R.
1. Metaquizziks (Arul Mani, Santosh Swaminathan, Mitesh Agarwal) – 335
2. Salazar’s Children (Gopal Kidao, Swami, JK, Rajiv Rai) – 295
3. Neo Nexus (Venky, Ifthikar, SRS, Navin) – 210
4. QC (Hiranyappa, Dibyendu Das, Sumeer) – 200
5. KD – 195
6. Waltwo (Thejaswi Udupa, Ochintya Sharma, Anustup Datta, Arun Hiregange) – 185
7. Insert Cool Name Here (Jeydev, Anil Raghavan & team) – 152.5
8. Goutham & Co. – 107.5
Yell Iruve: The Annual Plants, Animals and Mitesh Agarwal Quiz
QMs: Ashwan Lewis and Avinash Thirumalai
1. Upper Waltwo (Thejaswi Udupa, Anustup Datta) – 29
2. Metaquizziks – 27
3. JK & Gopal Kidao – 24.5
4. Lower Waltwo (Ochintya Sharma, Arun Hiregange) / Swami & Raju – tied on 24
6. Sumeer & DD – 18
7. Rahul & Maitrey – 17.5
8. Harish & Vidyut – 13
The March Open Quiz
QM: Arun Hiregange
1. Waltwo (Thejaswi Udupa, Ochintya Sharma, Anustup Datta, Alagarsamy) – 284
2. Salazar’s Children (Gopal Kidao, Swami, JK, Rajiv Rai) – 260
3. Metaquizziks (Arul Mani, Santosh Swaminathan, Mitesh Agarwal) – 205
4. KD – 184
5. CIDs From Kerala (Hrishi, Jithin, Raouf, Praveen) – 157
6. Holy Nexus (Venky, Kivi, Ashwan, Navin) – 152
7. Insert Cool Name Here (Jeydev, Anil Raghavan & team) – 118
8. KQA Certified QMs (Manish, Jayanth, Sai Ganesh, Shashank) – 96
Quizzes on Saturday 24 March 2012
We will host three open quizzes on Saturday, 24 March 2012, at the Institution of Agricultural Technologists, off Queen’s Road, Bangalore.
The events are
Seek Under Porus
The Annual History Quiz
QMs: Manjith and Praveen V.R.
Teams of 4
Open to all
Rs. 50/- per team
Entry free for school teams
Prizes for top three teams (Rs. 2000/-, Rs. 1500/- and Rs.1000/-)
Schedule
Prelims: 1015hrs
Finals: 1130-1300hrs
Yell Iruve
The Annual Plants, Animals and Mitesh Agarwal Quiz
QMs: Ashwan Lewis and Avinash Thirumalai
Teams of 2
Open to all
Written Quiz
Prizes: Rs. 2000/-, Rs. 1500/- and Rs. 1000/-
1400-1530hrs
The March Open Quiz
QM: Arun Hiregange
Teams of 4
Open to all
Rs. 50/- per team
Entry free for school teams
Prizes for all finalists
1530-1830hrs
Karnataka, Ruckus Tangdi, Solus Rex, Cannabis Indica, Chronosynclastic Infundibulum, Lao Me Thanda, Cricket, Artifacts, Lone Wolf, Glamour-Giri, Music Quizzes – Results
The results of two open quizzes on Saturday 3 March 2012 at The Institution of Agricultural Technologists, Queen’s Road, Bangalore.
EVENT I: The Annual Open Music Quiz
QM: Thejaswi Udupa
1. Santosh Swaminathan – 155
2. Soda, Sohan – 145
3. Vipin, Praveen VR – 127.5
4. KD – 112.5
5. Ochintya Sharma, Arun Hiregange – 90
6. KP, Raouf / Srisha, Roshan – tied on 75
8. Ajay, Sumeer – 45
9. Anand – 27.5
Event II: Glamour-giri, an Open Quiz in a new written format
QM: Ochintya Sharma
1. Arul Mani, Santosh Swaminathan – 42
2. Sohan, Nishanth – 39
3. Thejaswi Udupa, Arun Hiregange – 35
4. VR, Vipin – 31
5. Ashwin Kelkar – 30
6. A. Pillai, T.C. Venkat – 22
7. Ajay Parasuraman, Sumeer – 17
8. Pradyoth, Sachin – 16
The results of three quizzes on Sunday 19 February 2012 at The Institution of Agricultural Technologists, Queen’s Road.
EVENT I: Lone Wolf Quiz
QM: Alagar Samy
1. Arul Mani – 215
2. Arun Hiregange – 139
3. Thejaswi Udupa – 108
4. Rajagopal PS – 94.5
5. Ochintya Sharma – 51.5
6. Santosh Swaminathan – 41.5
7. Vivek Karthikeyan – 21.5
8. Hrishi Varma – 13
EVENT II: ARTIFACTS, a written quiz dedicated to the appreciation of useless/useful objects
QM: Arul Mani
1. Art For Facts Sake (Alagarswamy, Udupa) – 25
2. We Put the Holy in Nexus (Ashwan Lewis, Navin Rajaram) – 19.5
3. Metaquizziks (Santosh Swaminathan, Mitesh) – 18
4. Nexus (Venky, Kivi) – 14
5. Ochintya, Degree Raju – 13
6. DD, Sumeer / Ajay Parasuraman, Sandeep M – tied on 10.5
8. Nishanth Raman, Rahul Jadhav – 9
EVENT III: Open Cricket Quiz
QM: Manish Achuta
1. Lahar Appaiah, Rajan – 200
2. Thejaswi Udupa, Alagar ‘Cutoff’ Samy – 175
3. Degree Raju, Sohan – 155
4. Landmark Venky, Kivi – 150
5. Rajdeep, Ashwin – 135
6. Ajay Parasuram, Santosh Swaminathan – 125
7. Gaurav, Anubhav – 92.5
8. Hrishi ‘Buffalo’ Varma, Jithin Jacob – 85
9. Sachin Deshpande, Madan Gopal – 75
10. Nakul, Jose – 55
The results of three Open quizzes on Saturday, 4 February 2012 at the Institution of Agricultural Technologists, Queen’s Road.
EVENT I: Lao Me Thanda, the annual quiz on Love, Sex and other associated disorders.
QM: Arul Mani
1. Santosh Swaminathan, Manish Achuta – 140
2. M & UL (Thejaswi Udupa, Arun Hiregange) – 120
3. Anand Pillai & Sumeer – 90
4. Uncool’s the New Cool (Shamanth, Lakshana) – 70
5. Power Rangers – 45
6. Range of Kinsey (Jeydev, Pranav) – 40
7. Got Milf? – 25
8. Perverts Inc. (Rohit Rao, Nitin Gopinath) – 15
9. Pocket Rockets (Abhim Shetty, Roshan) – 5
EVENT II: Chronosynclastic Infundibulum, an open written quiz on speculative fiction.
QM: Thejaswi Udupa
1. Arul Mani, Santosh Swaminathan – 27.5
2. Arjun, Goutham – 24
3. Praveen VR, Arun Hiregange – 23 (3rd by tie-break)
4. Unusual Suspects – 23
5. Shenoy – 20
6. Manish Achuta, Sandeep Mathias – 15.5
7. Anand & Sumeer – 14.5
8. Tropic Blunder – 13
EVENT III: Cannabis Indica, the Get-high-on-India-shit Quiz, as Varun Rajiv might have described it.
QMs: Navin Rajaram and Hrishi Varma
1. Questionable Characters (Anil Raghavan, Hiranyappa, Sumeer) – 195
2. CID Nexus (Praveen VR, Jithin Jacob, Vivek Karthikeyan, Landmark Venky) &
Waltwo (Anustup Datta, Ochintya Sharma, Thejaswi Udupa, Arun Hiregange) – tied on 160
4. Metaquizziks (Arul Mani, Santosh Swaminathan) – 125
5. Aditya, Nishanth, Manish – 90
6. Schroedinger’s Felines – 85
7. Ba Bu Black Sheep (Himadri, Sharath, Sachin) – 70
8. Rajat, Jayant, Hemant – 50
The results of two quizzes on Sunday 15 January 2012 at The Institute of Agricultural Technologists, Queen’s Road.
EVENT I: Solus Rex
QMs: Thejaswi Udupa and Dibyendu Das
1. Arul Mani
2. Debashree Mitra
3. Arun Hiregange
4. Santosh Swaminathan
other positions TBD.
EVENT II: Ruckus Tangdi Quiz
QMs: Kiran Vijayakumar, DD and Arul Mani
1. Anand Pillai, Santosh Swaminathan, Hrishi Varma, Keshav – 255
2. Rajagopal PS, Sohan, Arun, Vipin – 215
3. Lakshana, Arun Hiregange, Sandeep, Govind – 185
4. Alagarsamy, Shamanth Rao, Sandeep Mathias, Vijay – 125
5. Sai Ganesh, Farhan, Sachin, Aditya – 100
6. Nishanth, Sumeer, Suresh, Srihari – 90
7. Ajay Parasuraman, Nakul, Trisha / Venkat, Manish, Praveen, Adi – tied on 60
The results of a quiz held on 11th December 2011 at The Institute of Agricultural Technologists, Queen’s Road.
Poli Shankar, Shankar Poli and Others: KQA’s Karnataka Quiz
QMs: Lingaraj and Naresh Keerthi
1. Kaveri Nammadu, Kolaveri Nimmadu (Wimpy, Udupa) – 27
2. Arul Mani, Mitesh Agarwal – 24
3. Rajat, Jayant – 15
4. Harsha, Nikhil / KD – tied on 13
6. Landmark Venky, Manish – 12
7. Rosellini Gowda, Posalini Gowda / Raju, Manish – tied on 10
